Is POLE p.Arg1823Cys (c.5467C>T) pathogenic?

POLE p.Arg1823Cys (c.5467C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in POLE (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-29). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2134); Very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with POLE p.Arg1823Cys (c.5467C>T)?

POLE p.Arg1823Cys (c.5467C>T) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is POLE p.Arg1823Cys (c.5467C>T) in the general population?

POLE p.Arg1823Cys (c.5467C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about POLE p.Arg1823Cys (c.5467C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2134) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

POLE p.Arg1823Cys

c.5467C>T · rs753627422 · VCV473733

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2134 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2134	likely benign
REVEL	0.547	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -12.25	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 36 kb · p 0.001 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	33.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00333% Admixed American · 2/60,014 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000553% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000211%

Overall 0.000821% 12/1,461,820 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00333%	30,007
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,252
European (non-Finnish)	0.000678%	147,495

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: POLE
Protein: p.Arg1823Cys
Coding: c.5467C>T
MANE Select: NM_006231
dbSNP: rs753627422
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:132639210 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.75 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.32 · 18 PDB
Residue 1823: an α-helix; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in imagei)

Full POLE gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

hereditary neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

POLE p.Arg1823His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Arg1823Pro Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Arg1823Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Arg1823Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE c.1686+32C>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
POLE p.Leu424Val Pathogenic ★★ same condition
POLE c.1020+5G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
POLE c.1106+3G>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition

Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/pole-p-arg1823cys (accessed [today's date]).

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